Competitions · United States

San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022

San Diego, California · 31 December 2022 · 5 events · 115 competitors · 84 personal bests

Max Park won the 3×3 with a 5.70 and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Hsiang-Kuang Zhuang (莊翔光) by 0.15 seconds. 115 competitors produced 84 personal bests, 24 of which still stand today, and 30 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) set the 2×2 average national record: 1.40.

events decided

0.15s

closest final — 2×2, Hsiang-Kuang Zhuang (莊翔光) over Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Max Park	5.20	5.70
2×2	Hsiang-Kuang Zhuang (莊翔光)	1.51	1.89
3×3 blindfolded	Graham Siggins	20.73	—
Clock	Nate Minkevich	5.72	7.03
Square-1	Kyeongmin Choi (최경민)	7.09	8.27

The PB harvest

84 set · 24 still standing

Aaron Do — Square-1 single 9.61: into the top 5.5% of the event's history.
Aiden Vo — 2×2 single 2.28: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Liam Ancheta — 3×3 single 9.79: into the top 6.9% of the event's history.
Franklin Pham — Square-1 single 11.70: into the top 9.3% of the event's history.
Miguel Ramirez — 3×3 single 10.77: into the top 9.8% of the event's history.
Kavin Tangtartharakul — 2×2 single 2.62: into the top 10.1% of the event's history.
Timothy Zhuang — 2×2 single 3.42: into the top 19.2% of the event's history.
Cameron Cuellar — 3×3 single 14.28: into the top 21.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

30 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,245 people who made their debut in 2022. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

1 regional record was set at this competition.

The field

115 competitors · 423 results · 5 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Max Park won it with a 5.70 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1L B2 U F2 L' U2 L2 U2 L' F2 D2 B' F' L B2 R2 D' L'
2B2 L' D2 F2 R B2 U2 L R' U2 R' B R' F2 U B F2 L2 D R
3B F2 U' L2 U2 L2 U' R2 U' F2 R' B' F2 D2 U' B D' F2
4B' L2 D2 F' L2 B L2 U2 F R2 L F D2 U2 F2 R D R2
5B2 U2 B2 R2 U R2 D' R2 B' L' F' L' D L' R' B2 L2 U L2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

115 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.